We lucked upon Devon through a mutual acquaintance, and we all know how that goes, usually its not a good fit and you don't want to just do someone a favor if they don't suit your needs.
But I had my fiancé at the time look over her website since photography was something she wanted the final call on, and she was extremely impressed with Devon's online portfolio. The vibrancy, candor, and honest captures of real life as it happened is what her portfolio showed, and that is what we wanted for our wedding shoot.
Devon was extremely accommodating, meeting us at a mid-way location on a flexible date for my work schedule where we ironed out all the details, dates, and cost. Took care of the contract and payment on the spot over a cup of java, couldn't have been easier, her price was competitive with all the other photographers we looked at in the area.
As for the actual events, Devon was amazing and flexible with her wedding package allowing us to split our wedding shoot into different dates with a 2 hour ceremony and 4 hour reception since we knew our reception wouldn't last longer than that. Many other services would have been less flexible with those terms but Devon was willing to work with us!
As for the actual events and photos.....we could NOT have been more happy. Devon met with us early to try and get an idea of what we were trying to capture in photos and we told her we wanted it very relaxed, very candid spontaneous photography. We did do a few poses for family members but overall she was invisible, the best kind of photographer, taking amazing candid moments and always focusing on the action and joy of the scene. She checked in at various points in the night to see if we had any specific requests but we just let her do her thing as she had it under control!
In addition to an amazing 500 photos (1000 with B&W), Devon was able to turn around the pictures in 3 weeks!!!!! We were able to use her pictures on our thank you cards and still get them out within a month because she turned them around so quickly!!!! I don't want to put undue pressure on her, but I have a feeling she always exudes this kind of work ethic and professionalism!!!
Numerous family members and friends asked about her at the reception and I know my brother has already commissioned her for family portraits, so I am sure she will be a busy woman, and well deserved!!! Highly recommend her, she's fantastic! read more